Author Archives: didofoot
She doesn’t, by the way.
I recognize that I’m several years late to this party, but I’m finally watching Heroes and what the hell? In season one Peter is a sweet, peacenik nurse, and by season three every time he wants to save the world or be a hero he’s picking up a gun? This is lazy writing. Also, I … Continue reading
Props
Michele and I exchanged a few emails this morning (as we do most mornings), because she’d just discovered that Tatum Channing Tatum’s* abs (and, I guess, the rest of him) will be playing a stripper in an upcoming film. All I had to offer was my discovery that my neighborhood theater is showing To Kill … Continue reading
One reason to have a kid
I was thinking yesterday about family dinners. I grew up sitting down to dinner every night with my parents: no TV, no books, just conversation. This sometimes led to screaming matches and slammed doors (me), but more often led to shared jokes and silly voices and making fun of the dog (also me). We always … Continue reading
Literary mashups
There should be mashups for books, I think. I’m not talking about this ridiculous(ly lucrative) new trend of taking a classic book and shoehorning in some new elements, a la Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I’m talking about a true mashup: taking two existing pieces of art and shoving them together to make something new. … Continue reading
Memories from my childhood, #1
After eating a bag of “melts in your mouth, not in your hand” M&M’s, I looked indignantly at my candy-coated palm and asked my mother if we could sue the company for false advertising.
Touch wood
“We’ve been having kind of a streak of bad luck lately,” I said to Gene. “Have you noticed?” “Bad luck?” “You know, the fence falls down, you lose your wallet, neither of us is working now…” “You’re right,” he said. “But overall, I feel like we’re still having a really good life,” I said, “weirdly. … Continue reading
An informative post
Michele has alerted me to the fact that the SF Library is having one of their ninja spring sales this weekend. Every year they have the giant book sale in September, but every few years they randomly have an equally giant sale in the spring and it sneaks up on you like a ninja. This … Continue reading
The Change
“You know, I can’t even remember which knee your scar is on,” I say to Gene. “My right knee,” he says. “I think.” “You don’t know?” “Well, let’s see.” He pulls up his pant leg and we look at his knee. “Yep, there it is.” I blink. “That’s tiny. I guess I’m thinking of the … Continue reading
A post only a geek could love.
I’ve been playing Stacking, the new game from Tim Schafer and Double Fine. If you are unfamiliar with the superstars of geekdom who dot my personal firmament, Schafer was a designer on almost all the best adventure games: the first two Monkey Island games, The Day of the Tentacle, Psychonauts, and the very best game … Continue reading
Europe Fail
Since I cannot go to Paris at present, yesterday I decided to go to San Francisco and pretend I was somewhere else. (Excuse my photo effects, please. I’m experimenting with an Android app called Vignette and possibly going a little overboard with it. But it’s so fun!) I got up early (for me) and took … Continue reading